diff --git a/internal/db/error.go b/internal/db/error.go
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+package db
+
+import "errors"
+
+// Errors returned from this package may be tested against these errors
+// with errors.Is.
+var (
+	// ErrInvalidPublicId indicates an invalid PublicId.
+	ErrInvalidPublicId = errors.New("invalid publicId")
+
+	// ErrInvalidParameter is returned by create and update methods if
+	// an attribute on a struct contains illegal or invalid values.
+	ErrInvalidParameter = errors.New("invalid parameter")
+
+	// ErrNotUnique is returned by create and update methods when a write
+	// to the repository resulted in a unique constraint violation.
+	ErrNotUnique = errors.New("unique constraint violation")
+
+	// ErrNilParameter is returned when a required parameter is nil.
+	ErrNilParameter = errors.New("nil parameter")
+)
+